As you can see, there are two special readings. On October 14th, David Howard will be reading a selection of poems by the late John O’Connor, and the following week will be my turn to read poems by Helen Bascand. I think it’s a lovely gesture that the CPC have made, asking us to read for these two much-missed stalwarts of the Canterbury poetry scene. Both will be quite moving events.

Once again, the venue is the CPIT Imagetech Lecture theatre, and finding it couldn’t be simpler:

Go through the main doors, into the Rakaia Centre. (Big building.)

Turn right, down the corridor. (Lots of glass windows and walls.)

Take three paces, and turn left. (Away from the windows.)

Go through the door. (Open it first.)

So there you have it. Now you know what you’ll be doing on Wednesday nights through October and November!